5 Jul
2006
5 Jul
'06
7:05 a.m.
On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:21:01 +1000 James Mills <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au> wrote:
On the "Sources" note, I think cptn's script to check for missing sources is quite good. A mirror might be costly in terms of bandwidth/traffic requirements.
I think of sources mirror as of nearest host, allowing to use some local traffic exchange point [1] like SWISSIX, FICIX, UA-IX or even home-LAN... to save money and Internet uplink bandwidth at first. Some crux users over the world should take care of such a mirror availability. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_exchange_point -- Mikhail Kolesnik ICQ: 260259143 IRC: mike_k at freenode/#crux, rusnet/#yalta Jabber: mike_k@jabber.lafox.net NIC handle: MKK83-UANIC